Mask Mandate Now Extends Through Jan. 18, 2022

The other shoe has dropped and Uncle Sam has decided that the mask mandate, as it applies to so much of our aviation industry, will stay with us for a while longer... That being the case, the Air Line Pilots Association, Int’l (ALPA) has issued a statement on the federal government’s announcement it will extend its mask mandate through Jan. 18, 2022: “Since the onset of COVID-19, we have called on the Department of Transportation and the Federal Aviation Administration to mandate compliance with Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) guidelines, including mask-wearing by passengers, to protect the health and safety of all those onboard the aircraft and to prevent the needle